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The University of Sydney - Australian Centre for Agricultural Health & Safety

The Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety is a research centre within the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney and is situated in Moree, NSW.

The Centre’s position within the University Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, with affiliations with the Faculty of Agriculture, enhances its unique position and ensures that its programs of research are collaborative, credible, firmly based in the discipline of public health and agricultural science, and assured of a strong future.

Oxfam

To have the biggest possible impact on the lives of poor people worldwide, Oxfam concentrates on three interlinked areas of work:

Emergency response

People need help in an emergency – fast. We save lives, swiftly delivering aid, support and protection; and we help communities develop the capacity to cope with future crises.

Development work

Poor people can take control, solve their own problems, and rely on themselves – with the right support. We fund long-term work to fight poverty in thousands of communities worldwide.

Campaigning for change

Poverty isn’t just about lack of resources. In a wealthy world it’s about bad decisions made by powerful people. Oxfam campaigns hard, putting pressure on leaders for real lasting change.

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)/ Le Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail (CCHST)

Established in 1978 in Hamilton - Ontario, The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) promotes the total well-being - physical, psychosocial and mental health - of working Canadians by providing information, training, education, management systems and solutions that support health, safety and wellness programs. A not-for-profit federal department corporation, CCOHS is governed by a tripartite Council – representing government, employers and labour – to ensure a balanced, approach to workplace health and safety issues. It offers a range of workplace health and safety services to help the organizations raise awareness, assess risks, implement prevention programs, and improve health, safety and well-being.

Le Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail (CCHST) est un organisme du gouvernement fédéral du Canada situé à Hamilton, en Ontario. Sa vision est d'éliminer toutes les maladies et les blessures liées au travail sur le territoire canadien.

Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infotuni sul Lavoro (INAIL) - WORKERS COMPENSATION AUTHORITY

L’INAIL, Istituto Nazionale Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro, persegue una pluralità di obiettivi: ridurre il fenomeno infortunistico; assicurare i lavoratori che svolgono attività a rischio; garantire il reinserimento nella vita lavorativa degli infortunati sul lavoro. L’assicurazione, obbligatoria per tutti i datori di lavoro che occupano lavoratori dipendenti e parasubordinati nelle attività che la legge individua come rischiose, tutela il lavoratore contro i danni derivanti da infortuni e malattie professionali causati dalla attività lavorativa. L’assicurazione esonera il datore di lavoro dalla responsabilità civile conseguente ai danni subiti dai propri dipendenti. La tutela nei confronti dei lavoratori, anche a seguito delle recenti innovazioni normative, ha assunto sempre più le caratteristiche di sistema integrato di tutela, che va dagli interventi di prevenzione nei luoghi di lavoro, alle prestazioni sanitarie ed economiche, alle cure, riabilitazione e reinserimento nella vita sociale e lavorativa nei confronti di coloro che hanno già subito danni fisici a seguito di infortunio o malattia professionale. Allo scopo di contribuire a ridurre il fenomeno infortunistico l’INAIL realizza inoltre importanti iniziative mirate al monitoraggio continuo dell’andamento dell’occupazione e degli infortuni, alla formazione e consulenza alle piccole e medie imprese in materia di prevenzione, al finanziamento imprese che investono in sicurezza.

INAIL - The Workers Compensation Authority - pursues several objectives: the reduction of accidents at work, the insurance of workers involved in risky activities; the re-integration in the labour market and in social life of work accident victims.
This type of insurance, compulsory for all employers hiring workers in activities which the law defines as risky, protects workers from any kind of damage resulting from work related accidents and occupational diseases freeing employers from any civil liability.

The safeguard of workers is now more than ever an integrated protection system-as a result also of recent innovative provisions of law-ranging from prevention on the workplace to health and economic benefits, medical treatment, rehabilitation and reintegration in the social and working life of victims of physical damage consequent to a work related accident or professional disease.

With a view to contributing to the reduction of accidents, INAIL has also implemented a number of important tools to continually monitor employment and accident trends, it provides small and medium size enterprises with training and advice in the field of prevention and funds companies that decide to invest in the improvement of safety.

Institute of Occupational Safety and Health - IOSH

IOSH, Europe's leading body for health and safety professionals, represents ten thousands of members. As an independent, not-for-profit organisation, the Institution regulates and steers the profession, maintaining standards and providing impartial, authoritative guidance on health and safety issues. The website provides safestartup.org: a tool for SMEs in the British Isles. There is an occupational health toolkit and plenty of forum threads to discuss practical OSH issues.

Magyar Munkavédelmi Fókuszpont (Focal Point - Hungary)

Üdvözöljük a Magyar Munkavédelmi Fókuszpont honlapján, ahol munkavédelmi információkat találhat és kapcsolatot teremthet azokkal a szervezetekkel, amelyek munkavédelmi ügyekkel foglalkoznak.
A Magyar Munkavédelmi Fókuszpontot és honlapját az Országos Munkavédelmi és Munkaügyi Főfelügyelőség (OMMF) mûködteti. A honlap feladata, hogy portálként mûködve segítse a felhasználókat a magyar és a külföldi munkavédelmi információk felkutatásában.

The Focal Point of EU-OSHA is located in the Labour Inspectorate.

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), established in 1971, is a strategic partnership of diverse donors that support 15 international Centers, working in collaboration with many hundreds of government and civil society organizations as well as private businesses around the world. CGIAR donors include both developing and industrialized countries, international and regional organizations and private foundations.

CGIAR's vision is to reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international agriculture research, partnership and leadership.

European Commission: Directorate General Employment and Social Affairs (DG Employment)

The Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities has the task of contributing to the development of a modern, innovative and sustainable European Social Model with more and better jobs in an inclusive society based on equal opportunities.

It plays a key role in promoting positive interaction between economic, social and employment policies, bringing in the main players who can help to achieve the EU strategic objective, viz. to make Europe the world most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy, capable of sustainable economic growth, with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion.

In other words, the Directorate-General's job is to play its part in addressing the major challenges and formulating concrete responses with a view to achieving this strategic objective, more especially as regards :

• Employment thanks to the European Employment Strategy (application of the open method of co-ordination aimed at bringing national policies closer in this field) and the European Social Fund financial tool (EUR 9 billion per year managed in partnership with the Member States).
• Structures in the world of work by approximating national legislation regulating the labour market, by developing social dialogue at European level, by modernising labour relations, and by making the EU workers more mobile.
• Social exclusion and social protection by reinforcing the co-operation between Member States, drawing up legislation and running programmes to counter discrimination, promoting fundamental rights and by enhancing the integration of disabled people.
• Equality between men and women by producing and overseeing legislation, running programmes designed to improve equal opportunities for women and men and ensuring that the gender issue is taken into account in all fields of Community action.

General health and safety information at a European level can be found at the Directorate General Employment and Social Affairs pages on health and safety. For example information on national measures transposing the health and safety directives is available.

European Trade Union Institute - Research, Education, Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS)

The ETUC-REHS, formerly, the trade union technical bureau (TUTB), carries out a lot of work on a wide variety of issues. Training activities with AFETT/ETUCO The TUTB regularly organises training activities in collaboration with AFETT and ETUCO. The aim of these training sessions is to encourage co-operation between trade union experts and to act as a forum for practical trade union discussion. Calendar of training sessions. GOSH - Multi-Country Programme for Distance Education The programme offers on the one hand the opportunity for young people to spend a period in another country and to get involveGOSH is the European Studies Program pointed to Eastern Europe and financed by Phare which helps in Gearing up with the Occupational Safety and Health systems in the European Union. TUTB is involved in the definition of the "Course Curriculum" for a distance training package on the European Legislation concerning Occupational Safety and Health. The multi-country program for distance education on "the EU Framework Directive on Occupational Health and Safety and its consequences for Safety and Health in the workplace" have been established by the TNO, The Netherlands. Approximately 88 participants from ten applicant Eastern European countries are invited to participate: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. d in a local project as a volunteer. On the other hand, it allows a wide range of different organisations to work together and build European partnerships by exchanging volunteers. Training for European Works Councils The TUTB develops training and information tools for European Works Councils in collaboration with the European Industry Federations (European federations of textile, metallurgy and chemistry).

The Health and Safety Department provides resources of expertise to trade union members of the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work, which meets in Luxembourg, and the Bilbao-based European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
It conducts research into such fields as risk assessment, prevention systems, musculo-skeletal disorders, gender dimensionand health at work, ergonomics, mental workload and occupational stress.

It runs networks of experts on technical standardisation (ergonomics, safety of machinery) and hazardous substances (classification, risk assessment, setting occupational exposure limits). The Health and Safety Department is an associate member of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN).

BAuA - Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin

Die Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin (BAuA) ist Forschungseinrichtung, Wissensdienstleister und Serviceeinrichtung für Wirtschaft, Politik, Sozialpartner und Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Auf ihrer Homepage stellt sie ausgewählte Handlungshilfen, Informationen für die Praxis und Technische Regeln zum Herunterladen zur Verfügung.

The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) is research facility and service provider for industry, government, social partners and the general public. On its website you can find guidelines, good practice information and technical rules on occupational safety and health for download.

Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung - DGUV

Der Verband "Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung" (DGUV) ist der Spitzenverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften und der Unfallversicherungsträger der öffentlichen Hand. Er nimmt die gemeinsamen Interessen seiner Mitglieder wahr und fördert deren Aufgaben zum Wohl der Versicherten und der Unternehmen. Der Verband vertritt die gesetzliche Unfallversicherung gegenüber Politik, Bundes-, Landes-, europäischen und sonstigen nationalen und internationalen Institutionen sowie Sozialpartnern.

The DGUV (German Social Accident Insurance) is the umbrella association of the accident insurance institutions for the industrial and public sectors (the BGs and the public-sector accident insurers respectively). It assumes responsibility for the common interests of its member institutions and promotes their functions in the interests of both member companies and insured individuals. The DGUV represents the statutory accident insurance institutions in their dealings with policymakers, regional, national, European and international institutions, and employers' and employees' representative bodies.

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

The Foundation is a European Agency, one of the first to be established to work in specialised areas of EU policy. Specifically, it was set up by the European Council (Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1365/75 of 26 May 1975), to contribute to the planning and design of better living and working conditions in Europe.

The Foundation carries out research and development projects, to provide data and analysis for informing and supporting the formulation of EU policy on working and living conditions. The Foundation has a network of experts throughout Europe who conduct research on its behalf including assessing the current national situations, the preparation of case studies and national reports and the conducting of surveys.

As part of its research base, the Foundation maintains a number of key monitoring tools, such as the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO), European surveys on working conditions and Monitoring Quality of Life in the EU. Their focus has been extended to include all of the Member States and candidate countries.

Also, the Foundation maintains a long-standing commitment to the issue of equal opportunities for women and men in their social and working life.

International Social Security Association (ISSA)

International Social Security Association (ISSA) was founded in 1927. The organisation members include social security institutions throughout the world. The International Sections of the ISSA have as their mission the promotion of international and regional activities in the field of prevention of occupational risks through exchange of information and experiences, organization of meetings, working groups, round tables and seminars, carrying out studies and inquiries and publication of documents on safety and health at work.

ISSA has the following International Sections on Prevention of Occupational Risks: Agriculture; Construction Industry; Electricity; Chemical Industry; Mining Industry; Machine Safety; Iron and Metal Industry; Health Services; and (research) Information.

A range of publications are available on the site. The ISSA, an international grouping of authorities and institutions performing social security tasks, set up its Health Services Section in order to improve occupational safety in health services by international exchange of experiences. Publications details are given in the products section. Publications include cystostatic drugs, disinfectants, aerosoltherapy, anaesthetic gases. Publications in French and German, and some consensus papers downloadable in English.

Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Division

The Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Division focuses on preventing and eliminating hazards for workers and the general public through education, training, inspections and investigation. On its website you can find good practice information and publications about various topics and for different sectors, acts and regulations, gauidelines and newsletter on safety and health.

Instituto Nacional De Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo (INSHT) (National Institute of Safety and Hygiene at Work)

El Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo (INSHT) es el órgano Científico-Técnico especializado de la Administración General del Estado que tiene como misión el análisis y estudio de las Condiciones de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo, así como la promoción y apoyo a la mejora de las mismas. Para ello establece la cooperación necesaria con los órganos de las Comunidades Autónomas en la materia.

The National Institute of Safety and Hygiene at Work (INSHT) is the specialised scientific/technical body of the state government administration, whose mission is the analysis and study of Occupational Health and Safety Conditions, as well as the promotion of, and support for, improvements to them.

Queensland Government - Department of Employment and Industrial Relations

The Department of Employment and Industrial Relations informs about laws, rights and obligations, is responsible for workplace inspections and provides good practice information on workplace health and safety. You will find a broad spectrum of topics covered as well as specific information for industrial sectors.

Occupational Safety and Health Service of Department of Labour, New Zealand / Safetynet.

The purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Service is to administer the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and provide a number of services which help New Zealanders have safe and healthy workplaces and lower death and injury rates.

OSH’s principal business focus is to eliminate workplace death, and to this end it targets those industry sectors which have the highest rate of work-related death and serious injury. OSH also focuses on those occupational diseases which are likely to cause death,
and on helping small businesses to manage health and safety at work.

Istituto Superiore per la Prevenzione e la Sicurezza del Lavoro - ISPESL (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention)

L'ISPESL, ente di diritto pubblico del settore ricerca, svolge, avvalendosi delle strutture centrali e periferiche, funzioni tecnico-scientifiche di ricerca, di sperimentazione, di controllo, di consulenza , di documentazione e assistenza nonché di informazione e formazione concernenti la prevenzione degli infortuni,la sicurezza sul lavoro, la tutela della salute negli ambienti di vita e di lavoro. E' organo tecnico-scientifico del Servizio Sanitario Nazionale. Il sito di web molto ricco contiene informazioni di legislazione e di statistica. Nell'area di Documentazione sono raggiungibili databases, linee di guida, analisi e valutazione del rischio, strumenti per le imprese piccole e medie, strumenti software per la prevenzione e la sicurezza del lavoro. La libreria contiene documenti da scaricare, databases ricercabili e una collezione immensa di link utili.

Ispesl is a technical-scientific body in the National Health Service and reports to the Ministry of Health as regards all aspects of occupational safety, health and prevention. The very rich website contains legislation and statistics information. In the Documentation area you can find databases, guidelines, risk assessment tools for SMEs, software tools for OSH. The library has downloadable documents, searchable databases and a huge collection of useful links.

Országos Kémiai Biztonsági Intézet OKBI (National Institute of Chemical Safety)

Az OKBI feladata a kémiai biztonsággal, a toxikológiával, a veszélyes anyagok és készítmények kezelésével és a kockázat-becsléssel összefüggő feladat- és hatáskörök gyakorlása:
- az Egészségügyi Toxikológiai Tájékoztató Szolgálat (ETTSz) keretében 24 órás ingyenes telefonvonalat működtet: 06-80-20-11-99
- toxikológiai tájékoztatást ad, toxikológiai és kémiai biztonsági kérdésekben tanácsadó tevékenységet fejt ki
- nyilvántartja a veszélyes anyagokat és veszélyes készítményeket
- végzi a veszélyes anyagok és készítmények veszélyességének meghatározását, toxikológiai szakvélemények elkészítését
- ellátja az emberi mérgezések adatainak gyűjtését és statisztikai feldolgozását
A honlapról letölthetőek többek között toxikológiai, mérgező anyagokkal és növényvédőszerekkel kapcsolatos anyagok, kémiai biztonsági kártyák.
The Institute deals with the tasks and scope of chemical safety, toxicology, management and risk assessment of hazardous chemicals.
- the Health Toxicological Information Service operates 24 hours free help centre on toxicology: 06-80-20-11-99
- gives expert opinion on toxicology and chemical safety
- registers dangerous substances marketed in Hungary
- determination of toxicology of dangerous substances
- registers human poisonings
Downloadable guidelines on toxicology, dangerous substances, pesticides, chemical safety cards.

Biologische Arbeitsstoffe (Biological agents)

Diese Seiten bieten Informationen aus dem Ausschuss für Biologische Arbeitsstoffe (ABAS), Rechtstexte (inkl. der Technischen Regeln für Biologische Arbeitsstoffe) sowie aktuelle Beiträge zu biologischen Arbeitsstoffen.
Numerous information on Biological agents, including the Technical Rules for Biological Agents (TRBA) established by the German Committee for Biological Agents (ABAS).